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It's happening bros...

It's too quiet not for anything to happen. Jazz our just milking this thing. The teams that were mentioned to like Kanter haven't done anything either.. I think he goes to Kings or Bucks. A trade needs to happen. I think everyones waiting to see what happens with Dragic / Jackson...Once they fall Kanter will be next!
 
I love watching the Jazz let another asset dissolve. There is many reasons to move Kanter yet O'lindesy can't seem to see that.
 
I swear every trade deadline we get all worked up and excited, and then nothing happens...I'm just gonna assume we keep Kanter and if something happens then cool. I've always liked Kanter personally
 
ONE LOVE said:
Yeah OK, but don't we also want to send a message to all the players that they can't just "demand a trade" and the Jazz will simply "kowtow" to their demands? .


Of course if we get an offer we can't refuse then by all means do it, but if not why bend over backwards to just appease him?
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Worrying about whether or not you are sending the wrong message shouldn't have much play at all in this situation. Trading Kanter was the right thing to do before he demanded a trade.

Every situation is different. If Favors or Hayward, or Gobert were to demand a trade right now, we wouldn't be trying to trade them unless there was a great deal to be had.
 
nateboz said:
I love watching the Jazz let another asset dissolve. There is many reasons to move Kanter yet O'lindesy can't seem to see that.
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From what I have read the Jazz will still be seriously considering matching any offer Kanter gets as long as it is not to rich. If Kanter can continue to extend his range and pass the ball a little more. He, Favors, and Gobert could be quite the threesome for years to come. So I would not say the Jazz are letting an asset dissolve if they do not trade him.
 
I'd rather hold onto Kanter through the deadline than sell him for 40 cents on the dollar now. Maybe he has a change of heart by the offseason, but if not, he would still have solid value this offseason (assuming we extend him a QO, which I can't imagine we wouldn't do).

If a team out there is dying for him, and he still wants out, I can see a nice S&T in the works.
 
NCJazz said:
From what I have read the Jazz will still be seriously considering matching any offer Kanter gets as long as it is not to rich. If Kanter can continue to extend his range and pass the ball a little more. He, Favors, and Gobert could be quite the threesome for years to come. So I would not say the Jazz are letting an asset dissolve if they do not trade him.
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This. Nice post.
 
NCJazz said:
From what I have read the Jazz will still be seriously considering matching any offer Kanter gets as long as it is not to rich. If Kanter can continue to extend his range and pass the ball a little more. He, Favors, and Gobert could be quite the threesome for years to come. So I would not say the Jazz are letting an asset dissolve if they do not trade him.
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Kanter asked for a trade. He does NOT want to be here. I can't think of once a guy who publicly asked for a trade to come back to his team and thrive. It doesn't happen.
 
Hack said:
Not trading Kanter really sucks.

Not only do we run the chance of letting him walk for nothing, but in order to get him to stay, we will probably have to give him the max or close to it. Which isn't a good idea on any level.

This is only going to complicate things with Rudy Gobert. Sooner or later he has to start. Its effing retarded if he doesnt. Even if we find 30 min a piece for Rudy, Favors, and Gobert, then that just means Booker walks because he won't be happy. So keeping Kanter means bye bye to Booker.

Kanter won't stay unless he gets the max. His qualifying offer is 7.8 mil. If all you are offering is 10 mil per, he'll just say no thanks and will take the qualifying offer and get a lot more the following year when the cap goes up.


So basically we will be playing a dumb game of trying to keep Kanter happy, while pissing off Gobert and Favors, for only a year and a half rental of Kanter.

There is a small chance we can do a sign and trade in the offseason, but not likely.

I predict Kanter takes his qualifying offer, or the Jazz are forced to offer the max and then we are stuck with Kanter for a long time. While Kanter just eats into Gobert's minutes. Neither of those scenarios are good for the team
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I agree that there is a high probability he will take the QO. I doubt any team will give him the max, including the Jazz, unless he suddenly becomes a good defender. And unless he has a major turnaround, no team is going to pay him a lot more when the cap goes up either. Teams know the cap is going up and could take that into account now. If he had a high value, the Jazz would have had multiple good trade offers on the table. If Kanter had a good agent, he'd work to get him at 10-12M a year. That is what he is worth, and it won't be a horrible cap hit in the future.

I like Kanter, and hope he remains with the Jazz. I think as he continues to develop, he could be a big part of their front line. I just don't think it is in the cards after next year.
 
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